Wildfires have become so frequent in California that some fire experts say the concept of wildfire seasons is now outdated. Local officials are working to prevent another catastrophic wildfire, and one city has decided to rent goats for clearing flammable brush.

Nevada City - located less than 80 miles away from Paradise, which was leveled during the Camp Fire - recently launched a GoFundMe campaign to raise $30,000. According to the fundraising page, the money will be used to hire a herdsman, put up electric fencing, get a herding dog, and obtain a campaign trailer, water wagon, and transport trailer.

The goats will help by grazing on bushes and low-lying trees, which are at risk in areas prone to wildfires.

"There is little need to stress how important it is to the safety and wellbeing of Nevada City citizens and neighboring residents that we reduce the fire load in our surrounding forests and neighborhoods," the GoFundMe campaign said. "The unprecedented fires in California, particularly in Paradise, have hit all too close to home and have become the ultimate Cautionary Tale."

According to the crowdsourcing page, Nevada City is working with ranchers to use goats for prescriptive grazing on the city's land, which includes more than 450 acres of greenbelt. Prescriptive grazing costs between $500 and $1,000 per acre of land, and Nevada City says 200 goats could get through one acre in a day.

Over the past few years, several other US cities have relied on goats to help manage land. Four years after Hurricane Sandy hit New York and damaged parts of Prospect Park in Brooklyn, the city brought in goats that began eating invasive underbrush. Fast Company reported that the underbrush was killing native flora and making it more difficult to restore the park.

This trend has been adopted in some European countries as well. In northern Spain, for example, the "Goat Fire Brigades" graze on land that is vulnerable to wildfires.

Nevada City is taking steps to obtain a grant for its own goat rental, but the city says this process could take weeks or even months. The GoFundMe page emphasized that grazing needs to begin in the winter, as ranchers have already rented out their herds from the spring to the fall.

As of Wednesday afternoon, the GoFundMe campaign had raised more than $15,400.